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Post by beanbuddymom on Aug 8, 2014 18:47:41 GMT
DD (14) is starting HS this year - well starting High school as a Freshman - last year she was physically IN the high school as an eighth grader but I am not counting that as it was in a separate wing and not mingled with the other HS students. So this year she is officially a freshman. I'm feeling like I am definitely going to cry more on that first day than I did when she started preschool.
Where did the time go? I feel myself getting weepy and missing her already.
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Post by caro on Aug 8, 2014 18:49:55 GMT
Starting Kindergarten and graduating high school made me cry with our youngest. The older two it was exciting.
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Post by marianne on Aug 8, 2014 18:53:17 GMT
It wasn't so much DS starting HS that got me... it was the graduating. That was harder. Enjoy every bit while you can, they grow up so stinkin' fast! Now I'm dealing with the grands growing up too fast! *sigh*
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Post by freebird on Aug 8, 2014 18:54:51 GMT
Neither. My youngest graduating high school made me cry the most. but no one saw it because I cried myself out before that day. lol
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Post by akathy on Aug 8, 2014 18:57:53 GMT
Does it make me a bad mother that I didn't cry at either? I was happy when they started school, it took some pressure off me.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 8, 2014 18:59:00 GMT
I am pretty sure that leaving the boy at college is going to cause a greater amount of tears than any other first day to date. He leaves in a couple of weeks to go to school in another state. That is going to be really hard. (we need a wailing smilie.)
That, and he is joining the National Guard. Boot camp may be a little rough too.
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Post by gmcwife1 on Aug 8, 2014 18:59:56 GMT
Neither  I actually love seeing my kids grow into the next phase. I loved watching them go from baby to child to young adult. Each phase they showed more of the whole person they were becoming  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 19:00:47 GMT
honestly didn't cry at k or start of HS...did cry at graduation of HS...and majorly sobbed for days last year when the girlies left for college.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 19:01:20 GMT
I've never cried at the first day of school -- too excited to see them off starting something new and wonderful.
I DO cry at graduations, and awards ceremonies, though! No idea why. Surprises me every time.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 8, 2014 19:28:03 GMT
Kindergarten was the hard one for me. I'm not quite there for the first day of the senior year, but I imagine that will be tough. It's in just a few weeks. Hold my hand! And I can't even think about graduation. And dropping them off at college.
Gah! Now I'm feeling weepy!
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Post by mimima on Aug 8, 2014 19:29:11 GMT
My oldest starting kindergarten made me cry, I never cried again about school starting or graduations.
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Post by brina on Aug 8, 2014 19:30:44 GMT
Neither I actually love seeing my kids grow into the next phase. I loved watching them go from baby to child to young adult. Each phase they showed more of the whole person they were becoming this. I am not a cryer in general. |
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Post by gar on Aug 8, 2014 19:30:59 GMT
Neither. I will admit to be more emotional at her going away for 3 years to university because it meant I wouldn't physically see her for months at a time. The other stages I was ok with.....they seems nothing in comparison, to be honest.
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Post by I-95 on Aug 8, 2014 19:40:24 GMT
I didn't cry when they started Kindergarten, or HS, but I cried later.... because I couldn't believe I was old enough to have a kid graduating...nothin' to do with them, it was all about ME!  |
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Post by Merge on Aug 8, 2014 19:43:39 GMT
We haven't done high school yet, but I was much more nervous/traumatized/upset sending my oldest to middle school than I was for kindergarten. This year my baby goes to middle school, too, but it's not as hard - we're familiar with the school now and I know she'll be fine.
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Post by MizIndependent on Aug 8, 2014 19:47:13 GMT
Starting Kindergarten and graduating high school made me cry with our youngest. The older two it was exciting. The last firsts are always the hardest.  |
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Post by liya on Aug 8, 2014 19:53:14 GMT
My day my oldest started preschool had me crying. My youngest will be graduating high school this year. I anticipate being a blubbering mess.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Aug 8, 2014 20:11:21 GMT
My DD starts high school this year and I'm a little bit sad that she's no longer a little girl that can curl up in my lap for snuggles. That's what I miss most of all. Sure, they still hug me, but it's not the same as having a little one wanting to sit on your lap. I think I will most likely really feel upset the day she moves out. Then I will really miss being a mother on a daily basis. That will be a hard transition for me.
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Post by workingclassdog on Aug 8, 2014 20:13:53 GMT
I cried when the kids started Kindergarten.... preschool was still like daycare so that didn't count, except for my oldest and his first day at daycare.. that KILLED me..
otherwise I cried a little at graduation.. not much though.. it was harder to see him off to Bootcamp... THAT is what was hard. I cried a lot for a week... there is no contact with them at ALL.. even worse for mom's who have Marines.. Air Force we got one phone call and a couple of letters.. Marines you get NOTHING. nada until they graduate..
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 8, 2014 20:18:02 GMT
Does it make me a bad mother that I didn't cry at either? I was happy when they started school, it took some pressure off me. I didn't cry either. When kids are healthy and doing the things they should be doing developmentally, it's all good. |
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Post by Dani-Mani on Aug 8, 2014 20:21:13 GMT
Does it make me a bad mother that I didn't cry at either? I was happy when they started school, it took some pressure off me. My mother has never cried at a single "milestone" event, including our birth. We are so incredibly grateful. So grateful. |
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Post by Scarlet Ohana on Aug 8, 2014 20:24:59 GMT
 Neither, but ds's high school graduation I did cry like a baby. |
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Post by melanell on Aug 8, 2014 20:43:36 GMT
It's the leaving that makes me cry. For instance, I was excited for DS on his first day of Middle School, but I was a sentimental mess on his last day of elementary school. Same with preschool for my younger son. Excited for him to start, and I'll probably cry the last day. |
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Post by utmr on Aug 8, 2014 20:57:47 GMT
Didn't cry over starting school - that was exciting.
Although I sobbed like a loon when the baby graduated pre-k and got teary at his 5th grade graduation but that's all.
Starting kinder and HS was more logistical - school supplies, schedules, after care and busses, etc.
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Post by donna on Aug 8, 2014 21:27:46 GMT
I cried when the oldest started kindergarten mainly because the morning was so rushed and I could not do the neat things I say other parents do. As a teacher, his first day was my first day as well. I basically had to spring him into his classroom and then rush like crazy through the crowd to get to my own school. On the way out I saw people taking loads of pictures and even videoing the walk to the room. I didn't even have time for a picture.
I did not cry at graduations or when we moved them to college. I think I may cry when the oldest leaves for basic training in a few weeks. The "no contact" thing is what is getting to me most. I do a pretty good job of not hovering too much, but not talking to him for that many weeks is going to be rough.
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Post by 2peafaithful on Aug 8, 2014 21:53:39 GMT
I think HS. Preschool I was ready for and felt like they were too. HS my heart had more concerns for the challenges they might face or meanness.
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Post by maryland on Aug 8, 2014 22:09:54 GMT
I am a SAHM, and my kids didn't go to preschool or kindergarten (not required in our state although most go). So it was hard for me when they turned 6 and started 1st grade the next month. My oldest just turned 17 and will be a senior, so her graduating will be as hard (maybe harder) than when she started school. I didn't have any problem with my 2 oldest starting high school. I knew it would be so much fun for them! My youngest is starting 6th grade, so it will be hard next year when she leaves elementary! I am a big volunteer at her school since she started 1st grade so I will miss her elem. school!
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Post by finaledition on Aug 8, 2014 22:10:31 GMT
I actually had a year that I had one starting high school and one starting preschool.
I think the oldest I just shook my head in amazement that the time had gone so fast. And with the youngest I may have been jumping for joy for my 5 hours of free time each week.
Ha. Not much if a cryer when things start, more teary when things end.
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Post by fotos4u2 on Aug 8, 2014 22:11:37 GMT
I did not cry at either for the two olders and don't anticipate crying when youngest starts high school next year. I'm not an overly emotion person though, but I have been feeling a bit teary about sending oldest off to college. She's transferring as a junior to a school a 6 hour drive from here. It's not that she's going to college--it's that she's going to be so far! It also doesn't help that dd has been pretty emotional the past few weeks. She doesn't know anyone and so far her roommates (4 of them!) have been unresponsive, not really interested in getting to know eachother or maybe just her? two of them may have roomed together before (she e-mailed them all to find out if anyone was bringing a TV for the living area and only one girl responded to say she was bringing a TV for her bedroom). |
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Post by Jili on Aug 8, 2014 22:18:33 GMT
Neither. My girls were in daycare, so preschool was integrated into that. I was a little emotional when my oldest started Kindergarten because it seemed so 'official'. I didn't feel this way with my youngest. At that point we had been at our daycare for 9 years straight--and although I liked it, I was more than ready to move on. It didn't even occur to me to cry when high school started for my older dd. I was more excited for the opportunities that awaited her--and she was excited, too. My younger dd begins high school in two weeks. In her case I know I won't cry, but I'm a little anxious about how things will work out for her. My oldest leaves for college next week. I am determined NOT to cry until after we actually leave her there. It's going to be hard to pull off. I don't want to get her started. My dh is already under strict instructions to pull me out of there quickly and with feeling should it be needed. |
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